The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-04

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which the peopln aro 10 live, aubjec
| OF course to tho veto Of tho Executive
bnt here ID a claim advanced In the fac
OF tho American people, aliEo overthrow
ing the constitutional power Of tho Senate
and tho constitutional power oil thl
House and degrading every single mon
Der OF that great assembly, tho House {
Representatives, which ought 10 be III
most dignihed legislative body on the fac
OF the earth. Who does not know TIM
under tho existing condition Of things
Liquidation iB conducted In this countr
undor an arrangement by which II ever,
man but two or three In one Of tho legii
lative bodies Of the country happen to do
sire thing to be done 1t cannot be don,
uuless there two or three men happel
also to give It their approval2 (.
ID. GREATEST QUESTION YET.
Mr. President, there has not come be
fore tho American people, since tho en-,
OF the war, a question for discriminate,
that involves such grave constitutional re-
suits and on which their interests 90 much
depends as the question whether tiil
uaurpation power shall be permitted TO ge
Oh. Henry Clay was supposed to have q
pretty strong will. He would no mort
have dared to assert such m authority
when he was Speaker OF the House o.
Representatives than he would have ven.
tured to croas the Niagara river twenty
rods above tho falls. Mr.. Blaine, under
whom many OF us served IN another place
is generally supposed to have a pretty
strong will, and pretty strong desire tc
have accomplished in tho administration
OF the country which ho thought ought ia
DO done. l IBervsd in tho House Of Repre-.
ssrtatives with that accomplished gentle.
man for eight years, for ak OF which he
was Speaker, and in tho House the humbl.
est Democrat when ho had a majority ol
three.fourths OF in that body was Dor.
mitted to make his motion to suspend
the rules every Monday and every day
within the last days OF adjournment.
They used to put us on the record. with all
sorts OF contriranccs and In all manner oi
why's by calling tho yoas and nays on
questions which they thought Republi-
cans would not like to commit themselves
on. It is true that occasionally when the
business preaeed during tho last twenty.
four or forty.eight hours Of the session
Speaker Blaine would exercise his selec-
ton Of persons to be recognized in accord.
ance with what he believed 10 DO the will
and desire OF tho House, ard that IVES
all. But whoever heard OF Nlr. Blaine II q
member desired to be recognized to move
the adoption Of u measure that would
pass unanimously or nearly unanimously
II proposed, informing that member that
the presiding officer had determined thstit
was not expodiant to have any measure OF
that kind proposed during that session OF
Congrea?', 5. za. ,s'-s,:.:s = q,
Tr.F 49,. MR.. BECk RELIES.
Mr.. Beck-"I wss called out OF the
chamber for awhile, and was only in time
to hear wha. seems to me an almost re-
msrkablo TRADE against the Speaker Of the
Houae Of Representatives. That gentle.
man needs no deisnso st my hands, and
had supposed thst in the Senate of the
United States, under the Iulea and propri-
e!ies of the occasion, comment upon the
action OF the Spssker would not be in.
dulssd III. 1 have oniy this to cay, tha:
there is no man in Maasschusetts or out.
side cf Massachusetts, who will attack
either the integrity, the honesty or
the ability Of the Speaker Of, the
present House Of Representatives with i'm
pucity in his presence. It would be more
manly fcr some gentlemen in that House
to riae there and say whatever it t:niicht be
thought proper to Bay in regard to bic ae-
Il a for T. Z Al
Senate where. he cannot be heard, and
who has no right to speak or attack him.
There arc 100 partitana Of the Senator
from Massachusetts on the floor Of the
other House, ell Of whom have right to
make Whatever stack they please, and il
they do they will receive response be-
fitting tho stack. p.
Mr.. Hosr-I ask the Senator from Ken
lucky whether he depies single assertion
OF fact that I have made; whether he
does not agree with me il my opinion OF
this matter; and whether he does not
think 1t is sn invasion OF tho corstitu-
tionai power Of the Senate and House,
Mr.. Bsck-1 have no right to know on
this floor whether tho statements made
by the Senator from Massachusetts sre
true or not. II they are true, and II they
ere invas;ons OF rights, thoy aro invesions
OF the rights Of the Houss Of Representa-
tives, and the representatives are able to
take care Of themselves. The Speaker Of
tho House is able to. take care OF himself
againet any one and a.l who Gee ft to at
tsck him. Mr.. B!sine's name has teen
brought up and contrasted with the pres-
ent Speaker. There never has been in
that chair man OF more undoubted in
tegrity. q man Of greater fairness or OF
more ability that the present Speaker Of
that House, and think it is not fair.
Mr.. Harris-sNor becoming" p;rT =,
,Mr. Beck-It is not fair, say, 10 attack
him behind his bsck when no man dares
to attack him before his face. ask the
Senator from Massachusetts to 20 over TO
the House and get some Of the able Re.
publicans on that floor to mako this
charge; and I will guarantee that that
Speaker viii come down from the chair
and refute oil the elsndere which they
dare 10 heap on him. .y:. -
MIR. Hoar-Mr. President, l have made
no criticism affecting the personni honor
or personal character of any body. spoke
simply Of the lsurpation Of constitutional
power which blocks legialation. II l had
been member Of the House Of Repre-
ocntatiyes should have discussed it there,
l discuss 1t in the body Of which l am o
member. E. d
BLAcKguRN's BREAK.
Mr.. Blackburn-Mr. President-I am
disposed to regret that my colleague found